by ladipaolo | Sat May 2020 | My Blog (c )
This morning, when I woke up–or was it just before I woke up?–a thought came to me. It said, “Boy, you might disappoint a lot of people this year.” Why did that unpleasant thought pop into my mind? Because although I wanted to publish Eruption...
by ladipaolo | Fri May 2020 | My Blog (c )
I am very excited today because after reviewing the translations of Chapter 1 of Forebodings from 12 Italian applicants, I have finally chosen the person who will translate not only Forebodings, but also the Ronin shorts into Italian. But, I could not have done this...
by ladipaolo | Sun May 2020 | My Blog (c )
To all those who follow me and live in places where the economy is re-opening little by little. This is not a post about my stories, but a note I felt obligated to write because my conscience (which I know exists in others as well, even if they express it in a...
by ladipaolo | Wed Apr 2020 | My Blog (c )
With the pandemic and quarantine, one might think that things would have slowed, even for authors. And I know they have slowed some other authors’ book launches given that publishers have had to close shop. Fortunately, the writing has not been affected much, if...
by ladipaolo | Sat Mar 2020 | My Blog (c )
This afternoon, I decided to take a thirty-minute break from writing to take photos of my fish. I like to do that once in a while, to record their growth and the changes they undergo as they age. How do you like these? Here, below, are the Golden nugget, the Red...
by ladipaolo | Sat Mar 2020 | My Blog (c )
Completed the editing of the first three chapters of Eruption tonight. And I am glad to have found nothing that needed a complete rewrite yet :). [mybookprogress progress=”0.0967741935483871″ phase_name=”Editing” book=”1″...
by ladipaolo | Wed Mar 2020 | My Blog (c )
Even though it seemed initially that the illustration with Toras and his army might be the readers’ pick, once all the votes came in, the choice was clear: 7 out of 11 voters preferred the illustration showing the arrival of the Zebulonian army into Alvinoria,...
by ladipaolo | Sun Mar 2020 | My Blog (c )
It seems incredible that I am done writing Eruption. But I am. I wrote the last scene tonight. And I will not say how this scene made me feel, but it did–make me feel. It was a powerful, terr– I will not say. But as the author, it does feel good. And now...
by ladipaolo | Sat Feb 2020 | My Blog (c )
Today’s post is about a book I recently finished reading and which I absolutely loved: A Gentleman in Moscow. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys or is looking for a story who will carry them, as a breeze carries the leaf, to explore what a life full of loss and...
